Kid kicked off basketball team for hair

http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/Teen-kicked-off-basketball-team-for-hairstyle?urn=highschool-304424
I'll kick you out of my home off of my team if you don't CUT THAT HAIR! (Story actually has a Beastie 'fight for your rights' reference.)

When I was a freshman in HS, 1972, we had an all-state linebacker who had hair down to his WAIST. Yes, his waist. This was in the early days of the real hippie era -- waist-length hair was still a bit unusual.

He wore it in a ponytail that hung down over his number in the back.

The coach was a hardcore-fundamentals guy who stayed there almost 35 years before retiring about 6-8 years ago with a career WL percentage of about .800. He said, "what you do with your hair is your own problem, as long as you keep it clean you can do whatever you want."

He did require kids to "dress up" on game days -- either shirt/ties or dress sweaters.

He used to get asked about the ponytail kid, "aren't people going to grab his ponytail?" He said, "Yeah. They try it once."